The Fond du Lac County Board will consider a resolution at their meeting next week to continue the countywide sales tax. The county finance committee is recommending the county terminate the scheduled sales tax sunset date of December 31, 2021. County executive Al Buechel says in addition to helping Mercury Marine and other industries, the sales tax has helped in other areas including highway maintenance. Buechel says without the sales […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The leader of Wisconsin's Department of Health Services says Gov. Tony Evers' administration is dedicated to convincing skeptical Republicans to go along with Medicaid expansion, calling it a critical part of the agency's plan to address health care needs across the state. Secretary-designee Andrea Palm told reporters Tuesday that the agency's budget is "fundamentally anchored in the expansion of the Medicaid program." Palm says she is […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers says he wants to build two new juvenile detention facilities in Milwaukee and Hortonia, a small town in Outagamie County. Evers announced the plans Tuesday. The facilities will house serious offenders from the state's troubled youth prison near Irma. The state Department of Corrections will operate the facilities. Republican legislators passed a bill last year that requires the state Department of Corrections to […]
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A maker of small engines is consolidating operations from Wisconsin to Mississippi, with plans to hire 250 people there over the next two years. Local economic developers said Tuesday that Kohler Co. will invest more than $15 million in a new Hattiesburg facility, moving the work from its headquarters in Kohler, Wisconsin. Kohler will lease 300,000 square feet (28,000 sq. meters) in an industrial park to […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection isn't saying whether he thinks his agency should take over regulating deer farm fencing from wildlife officials. Deer farm fencing has become a hot outdoors topic as the state grapples with chronic wasting disease. According to DATCP, 26 farms have had an infected deer since 2001. Right now DATCP regulates everything inside a deer farm's fences. The […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has ordered the replacement of derogatory or offensive terminology from state administrative code. Evers issued the order Tuesday. It essentially replicates what Republican lawmakers were trying to do with a bill making its way through the Legislature. Evers ordered replacing the term "mental retardation" and all its derivatives with the phrase "intellectual disability." It also calls for replacing "handicapped" with "disabled." A […]
A new study lists Fond du Lac as one of the top cities in its population category to be a police officer. The group Safety.com lists Fond du Lac the second best city with a population under 125,000 to be a police officer, behind Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The group says it uses the latest data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting program and Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report says property […]
UNDATED (AP) — After missing the playoffs in back-to-back years, the Green Bay Packers are spending big in free agency to try to get back the postseason. The Packers agreed to $183 million worth of contracts Tuesday with edge rusher Za'Darius Smith, linebacker Preston Smith, safety Adrian Amos and offensive lineman Billy Turner. The Packers hope the signings improve a defense that ranked 18th in the NFL in 2018 and […]
Green Lake police confiscated more than 22 pounds of marijuana from a vehicle Friday in what was described as one of the the largest drug seizures in several years. The Green Lake County Sheriff’s Office says the drugs were found after the execution of a search warrant on a vehicle in the city of Green Lake. A loaded firearm was also found in the vehicle. A suspect was taken into […]